Gifu, Gifu
Gifu is the capital of Gifu Prefecture in central Japan, located 20 miles northwest of Nagoya, Aichi.
Persons who were born here[edit]
- Takahiro Aoki, NPB pitcher
- Toshio Ito, NPB outfielder
- Shinji Iwata, NPB pitcher
- Yasuhiko Kawai, NPB catcher
- Toshimichi Kunieda, NPB infielder
- Hiroshi Nakahara, NPB pitcher and manager
- Daiki Tomei, NPB pitcher
- Kazuhiro Wada, NPB outfielder
Persons who died here[edit]
- Toshio Ito, NPB outfielder
- Toshimichi Kunieda, NPB infielder
- Morimichi Takagi, NPB infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
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